An Embarrassment of Riches

Delights from abroad gleam at our second annual Lime Rock show

Feature Article from Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car

What's that worn-out saw about, "If you build it, they will come?" Guess what, it works. Hemmings threw a party on Memorial Day weekend on some hallowed turf, the great Lime Rock Park in Connecticut, and a ton of our favorite guests showed up to get down at Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car's second annual Car Show. Arrayed on the property were about 200 of the most scrumptious imported automobiles you'll ever see, along with the reprised show's special attraction, some 25 examples of the storied Ducati, the most elite, best engineered Italian performance motorcycles ever built.
The editorial staff at Hemmings joined its guests in the 90-degree holiday soak-down, and handed out hardware honoring the show's most distinctive cars (and bikes) in 18 categories, divvied up by national or manufacturer origin. Copping the achingly coveted Best in Show award was Mark Schultz of Marcy, New York, whose 1961 Porsche 356B Super 90 also grabbed the gold for first place in Favorite Porsche. The runner-up among Porsches was the 1985 911 belonging to Joyce Cladle of Rushville, New York.
In our rolling League of Nations, first place for Favorite British Car went to Robert Baker of Groton, Connecticut, for his gorgeous aqua 1972 MGB roadster, with the 1932 Frazer-Nash TT owned by Robert Seymour of New Reston, Connecticut, placing second. The brio bracket for Favorite Italian Car saw Zen Seliokas of Bethlehem, Connecticut, at the pinnacle with his 1972 Ferrari 365 GTC/4. Blake Stevenson of Stonington, Connecticut, took second with his 1967 Maserati Mistral.
The glory of France was saluted by George Dragone of Bridgeport, Connecticut, who scored in Favorite French Car with his 1924 Amilcar CGS, over Eric Holveg of Milton, New York, and his brilliant gold 1973 Citroën SM. Favorite German Cars first and second, respectively, were the 1984 BMW 635 CSi of Bob Behrends from Bethlehem, Connecticut, and the 1971 Mercedes-Benz cabriolet of Richard Raskin from Southport, Connecticut. Among Swedish cars, Arlene Stuart of Goshen, Connecticut, was the favorite with her 1979 Volvo 262C Bertone, with Mark Greco of Torrington, Connecticut, second, entering his 1973 Volvo 1800 ES. Not forgetting Asia, we presented Wayne King of Windsor, Connecticut, with Favorite Japanese Car for his 1983 Mazda RX-7, and gave second to the 1985 Nissan 300ZX owned by Tom Wasmey of Poughkeepsie, New York.
Craig Fitzgerald bestowed his Editor's Choice award on the 1967 Alfa Romeo Duetto Spider owned by Gary Venable of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. First place among the Ducati bikes went to the 1984 Ducati TT-1 of Lou Saif from New York City, with second awarded to Steve D'Ameco of New Lebanon, New York, who entered his 1964 Ducati Sport.

This article originally appeared in the September, 2007 issue of Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car.